Ahmed Moalim Fiqi

Ahmed Moallim Fiqi
أحمد معلم الفقهي
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 April 2024
Prime MinisterHamza Abdi Barre
Preceded byAbshir Omar Huruse
Minister of Internal Security of Galmudug, Somalia
In office
24 April 2020 – 7 October 2021
PresidentAhmed Abdi Kariye
Preceded bySaadaq Sheekh Yuusuf
Secretary-General of Forum for National Parties
In office
October 2019 – 23 May 2020
Succeeded byAbdirahman Mohamed Husen
Secretary-General of Union for Peace and Development Party
In office
4 October 2018 – 23 May 2020
Succeeded byAbdirahman Mohamed Husen
Member of Somali Federal Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 December 2016
Secretary-General of Daljir Party
In office
September 2015 – 4 October 2018
Preceded byHasan Haji
Director of Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency
In office
24 May 2011 – 25 March 2013
PresidentSharif Sheikh Ahmed
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Preceded byMohamed Warsame Darwish
Succeeded byAbdikarin Dahir
Ambassador of Somalia to Sudan
In office
2010 – 24 May 2011
PresidentSharif Sheikh Ahmed
Personal details
Born1971
Galkacyo, Somalia
Political partyUnion for Peace and Development Party

Ahmed Moallim Fiqi (Somali: Axmed Macallin Fiqi, Arabic: أحمد معلم الفقهي) is a politician from Somalia currently serving as foreign minister. Formerly a member of the Islamic Courts Union, Fiqi is currently a member of the Somali Federal Parliament. From May 2011 to March 2013, he served as Director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA). After resigning from the position, he was provisionally replaced by Abdikarin Dahir.[1][2][3]

In 2015, Ahmed Moallim Fiqi run for the office of President of Galmudug State.[4] Ahmed lost to his contender Abdikarim Hussein Guled[5] Guled won by 49 to 40 votes over former Intel. Chief Ahmed Moallim Fiqi.

Early life and education

Fiqi was born in 1971 in Galkayo, Somalia, His family hailed from the Sa'ad Habargidir clan. Fiqi took his primary and secondary school in Mogadishu. In 1988, after his two-year Military service he was admitted for the College of Law at the Somali National University. Fiqi didn't complete his studies due to the Somali Civil War. He then went Sudan and studied agriculture at the University of Khartoum.[6] Fiqi is a graduate of International Islamic University Malaysia.

Fiqi speaks Somali, Arabic, and English.

Political career

Ahmed Fiqi started his political career during the Islamic Courts Union. He was very close friend of former ICU leader Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Later when Sharif Sheikh Ahmed become president,[7] Fiqi served as the Somali ambassador to Sudan from 2010 to 2011. He was served as Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency and Presidential Candidate for the Galmudug State of Somalia.

In early 2015, Ahmed Fiqi co-founded Daljir Party with Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Moalim.[8] Later Ahmed Fiqi run for the office of President of Galmudug State.[4] He lost to his contender Abdikarim Hussein Guled[5] Guled won by 49 to 40 votes over former Intelligence Chief Ambassador Ahmed Moallim Fiqi.

On 28 November 2016, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi was elected[9] as member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia from Galmudug in Adado, Somalia.

Fiqi's Daljir Party formed a coalition with former Somali President Hassan Mohamud's Peace and Development Party. They launched[10] Union for Peace and Development Party in October 2018.

Foreign minister (2024-present)

On 7 April 2024, Fiqi was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia.[11]


References

  1. ^ "Somali national intelligence chief steps down". Sabahi. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Somalia: New Intelligence Boss Takes Office". Garsoor News. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Somalia: Somali National Intelligence Chief Steps Down". allAfrica.
  4. ^ a b "Ahmed Mo'alim Fiqi Declares His Candidacy to Central State of Somalia". Goobjoog News English. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Abdikarim Guled is the new President of Galmudug regional state". Radio Dalsan FM 91.5 MHz | Warar Sugan | Somalia News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Xildhibaan Axmed Macallin Fiqi Axmed – Kalfadhi" (in Somali). 13 February 2018. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Somali MPs elect new president". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. ^ "INTERVIEW WITH AHMED MOALLIM FIQI". Mogadishu Center For Research & Studies. 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". amisom-au.org. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "PICTURES: Union for Peace and Development party launched in Mogadishu". Goobjoog News English. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  11. ^ Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International (7 April 2024). "Ambassador Ahmed Moallim Fiqi appointed as Somalia's new Minister of Foreign Affairs". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Retrieved 10 April 2024.